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University of Wollongong
Motto	Excellence Innovation Diversity
Established	1951
Type	Public
Chancellor	Ms Jillian Broadbent AO
Vice-Chancellor	Professor Gerard Sutton
Faculty	1477 (full-time staff)
Undergraduates	14,904[1]
Postgraduates	7,140
Location	Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia
Campus	Urban, 82.4 ha
Colours	Blue, Gold & Red
Affiliations	ASAIHL
Website	www.uow.edu.au

The University of Wollongong (UOW) is a public university with approximately 22,000 students, located in the coastal city of Wollongong, which is 80 kilometres south of Sydney, in New South Wales, Australia.

History

The University of Wollongong was founded in 1951 when a Division of the then New South Wales University of Technology (re-named the University of New South Wales in 1958) was established in Wollongong. After ten years the Division became the Wollongong University College.

In 1975, the University of Wollongong was incorporated by the New South Wales Parliament as an independent institution of higher learning. In 1978 the computer science faculty developed a version of Unix for the Interdata 7/32 called UNSW 01, this was the first non-PDP Unix. In 1982, the University amalgamated with the Wollongong Institute of Education, which, in 1962, had originated as the Wollongong Teachers’ College. The merger formed the basis of the contemporary university.

Overseas expansion

In 1993, UOW opened what was to become the University of Wollongong in Dubai (UOWD) in the United Arab Emirates. Initially called the Institute of Australian Studies (IAS), this centre made UOW the first foreign university to open a campus in the UAE, and the first Australian tertiary institution represented in the Persian Gulf.^[2] IAS initially offered English language programs, before becoming a 'feeder college' by 1995, where students completed part of a degree in Business or IT in Dubai before coming to Australia to complete their studies.^[3] In 1999, it was the first foreign-owned institution in the world to be issued a licence from the Federal Government of the United Arab Emirates,^[4] and was formally opened as University of Wollongong, Dubai Campus in October 2000. It was officially incorporated as University of Wollongong in Dubai in 2004.^[5][6]

Campuses

The science building at the Wollongong campus.

The University comprises eight locations:

Campuses

• Wollongong Campus
• Shoalhaven Campus, West Nowra

Education Centres

• Batemans Bay Education Centre
• Bega Education Centre
• Loftus Education Centre
• Moss Vale Education Centre
  • The Moss Vale Education centre opened a new building designed by Australian architect Glenn Murcutt in May 2007^[7]

Other locations

• Innovation Campus (iC), Wollongong
• Sydney Business School, Sydney.

The University name is also shared by the independent University of Wollongong in Dubai (UOWD), Dubai Knowledge Village, United Arab Emirates.

Faculties

The McKinnon building at the Wollongong campus, named after former Vice-Chancellor Ken McKinnon.

The University has nine faculties: Arts; Commerce; Creative Arts; Education; Engineering; Health & Behavioural Sciences; Informatics; Law; and Science.

Facilities

The Wollongong Undergraduate Students' Association produces the magazine Tertangala, and many other services including representation, advocacy and student support. Postgraduate representation is provided by the Wollongong University Postgraduate Association, a member of the Council of Australian Postgraduate Associations. Wollongong UniCentre, an on-campus organisation and controlled entity of the University, provides the social and commercial infrastructure on the campus, administering the UniBar, student clubs and interest groups, food outlets, entertainment and activities, a books and news shop and other student services.

The geographical and social centre of the University is the Duck Pond Lawn, and its surrounding eateries and other facilities, including the UniBar. The UniBar serves alcoholic drinks and a small range of lunch foods. The UniBar building was opened by Colin Markham MP, Simon Zulian Student Rep, Nigel Pennington UniCentre GM and Gerard Sutton VC on 14 May 2001. The UniBar has since won numerous awards including the Major Award and the Public Building Award of the Architectural Design Awards held in Wollongong in 2003, the "ACUMA" award for Best New Campus Facility and the Master Builders Award for Excellence in Construction by Camarda and Cantril.^[8]

Publications

45th Anniversary Tertangala

Tertangala

WUSA produces the campus magazine, Tertangala. Tertangala has a 45 year history, making it older than the University of Wollongong itself. It began in 1962, when the University was an external campus of the University of New South Wales.

The magazine features student investigative and feature articles, news, artwork, opinion, film and music reviews, as well as interviews and editorials. Submissions from staff and students (including student association representatives) makes up the bulk of the magazines content, however submissions from other members of the community are also accepted.

Tertangala is produced 8 times a year.

TIDE

TIDE is an annual literary compilation edited and published by third-year creative writing students. It features prose, poetry and artworks from students and community members and was first published May 2004.

Paper, Rock

Paper, Rock is a magazine created by the School of Journalism and Creative Writing at UOW. It incorporates features, sections on arts and entertainment, stories about university life, fashion, food and wine. It was first published in August 2007.

Rhizome Magazine

Rhizome Magazine is the magazine for postgraduate and research students at UOW. It features submissions from current postgraduate students at UOW, in many cases on the topic of the students' own research. It is produced by the Wollongong University Postgraduate Association (WUPA).

Residential colleges

The university has a number of residential college and halls of residence:

• Campus East
• Graduate House
• Gundi
• International House
• Kooloobong
• Keiraview
• Weerona College

Affiliations

UOW is a prominent member of the Apple University Consortium (AUC) hosting the AUC Australian website found at http://www.auc.edu.au or http://auc.uow.edu.au. Additionally, UOW has access to Apple Macintosh labs in SCSSE Faculty of Informatics Bdg 3 (3rd Year Labs), Faculty of Creative Arts (Multimedia Labs), Faculty of Education and Apple computers in the ITS General computing labs in Building 17 (Jupiter, Orion and Endor Labs) at the Wollongong Campus.

Awards and Recognition

The Good Universities Guide, an annual assessment of Australian universities that is published by Hobsons (a subsidiary of Daily Mail and General Trust plc.), named UOW the University of the Year in 1999-2000 (joint winner) for "Outstanding Research and Development Partnerships" and again in 2000-2001 (joint winner) for "Preparing Graduates for the E-World".^[9]

Notable people

Alumni

• Matt Brown (Australian politician) - politician, academic and solicitor
• Jamie Peacock - England and Great Britain rugby league captain^[10]
• Prof. Omowunmi Sadik - author, inventor, and chemist ^[11]
• Estelle Asmodelle - transexual model, writer and activist
• Julian McMahon - actor, son of former Australian Prime Minister Sir William McMahon
• Dr Karl Kruszelnicki - scientist, author and commentator
• Mez Breeze - internet/hypertext artist
• Ben Creagh - rugby league player for the St. George Illawarra Dragons NRL team
• Josh Morris- rugby league player for the Bulldogs NRL team
• Michael Jones - culture and technology commentator
• John Tranter - poet
• Stephen Martin - former Federal Parliamentary Speaker
• Van Badham - playwright
• Wendy Richardson - playwright
• Drew Fairley - writer, performer and cabaret artist
• Kate Bell - actor, Blue Water High^[12]
• Julienne Van Loon - novelist
• Bill Neskovski - playwright
• B. Sandhya - Indian police officer and author
• Bundit Ungrangsee - orchestral conductor
• Victoria Thaine - actor, Caterpillar Wish
• Glenn Barkley - curator
• Dan Ginnane - Broadcaster on Triple M Radio and ESPN Television ^[13]
• The Common Cold Poetry Collective - Performance poets ^[14]
• The Bracket Creeps - poetry boyband^[15]
• Gareth Ward - Politician
• Mikelangelo - from Mikelangelo and the Black Sea Gentlemen^[16][17]
• Behzad Fatahi - 2007 Young Railway Engineer of Australasia ^[18]

Staff

• Professor David Griffiths - Rhodes Scholar
• Professor Matt Wand - Statistician
• Associate Professor Ken Russell - Statistician
• Dr Shady Cosgrove - Nominated for The Australian/Vogel Literary Award 2007
• Richard Harland - author
• Rob Hood - author
• Dr Paul Nulsen - astronomer
• Jacky Redgate - artist
• Willy Susilo and Reihaneh Safavi-Naini - cryptographers
• Alan Wearne - poet
• Prof. Anatoly Rosenfeld - Director, Center for Medical Radiation Physics
• Prof. Hugh Bradlow - Chief Technology Officer, Telstra Retired ^[19]
• Dr David Marshall - author
• Professor Dr Gordon Wallace - electromaterials scientist
• Dr Kathy Rudkin - Accounting theorist

Notes

External links

• Official Website of University of Wollongong
• Official Website of Wollongong College Australia

Coordinates: 34°24′22.20″S 150°52′46.33″E / 34.406167°S 150.8795361°E / -34.406167; 150.8795361